4/16/2013 |
'Sweet Caroline' played across MLB in tribute to BostonFor a city in need of healing voices after the horrific events Monday in Boston, one song seemed so appropriate to ring through baseball's gathering places, a melodic name sending a heartfelt message that we're all Bostonians: Sweet Caroline.

4/16/2013 |
After Game 1 HBP, Tulo pinch-hits in Game 2Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mets after a pitch from Dillon Gee plunked him on the left elbow during Colorado's 8-4 win in Game 1. He pinch-hit in Game 2.

4/16/2013 |
Leyland keeps perspective after Boston tragedyLike so many people around baseball, Tigers manager Jim Leyland saw the news reports of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon and was heartbroken. Like many, too, he said it makes the day-to-day issues around baseball seem trivial.

4/16/2013 |
On night of tributes, Yanks edge D-backsRobinson Cano connected for a mammoth three-run homer that landed in Yankee Stadium's right-center-field bleachers, leading the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the D-backs on Tuesday.

4/16/2013 |
Gentry's grab saves day as Rangers stave off CubsCloser Joe Nathan earned his fifth save on a frigid Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, but it was center fielder Craig Gentry who made the game-saving catch and prevented the Rangers from blowing a four-run lead.

4/16/2013 |
Stults' versatile background pays offPadres pitcher Eric Stults' game-changing homer on Monday was his first as a big leaguer, but he hit .248 while coming up in the Dodgers' Minor League system and hit 23 home runs as a center fielder for Bethel College in Indiana.

4/16/2013 |
Mired in slump, Bradley on bench for opener vs. TribeMired in an 0-for-20 slump, Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. found himself on the bench for Tuesday night's game against the Indians, even with right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for Cleveland.

4/16/2013 |
Five solo shots power Braves to 10th straight winWith the game tied in the eighth, Atlanta erupted with three solo homers, including Justin Upton's eighth on the season, adding to Juan Francisco's two from earlier in the game. The barrage of homers powered the Braves past Kansas City, 6-3, at Turner Field on Tuesday.

4/16/2013 |
With heavy hearts, Sox react to tragedyThe Red Sox took the field on Tuesday night with black armbands on their left sleeves as they paid tribute to those who died and were injured during the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.

4/16/2013 |
O's interested in dealing for Rangers' BorbonThe Texas Rangers are optimistic they can trade Julio Borbon before 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, and the Baltimore Orioles remain very interested in the outfielder. Borbon would need to be put on waivers if a trade is not in place before that deadline.

4/16/2013 |
Hanley vows to shock by returning 'pretty soon'Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez predicts he'll return from his right thumb injury "way sooner" than the mid-May projection of the doctors who operated on his torn ligament, saying on Tuesday, "Everybody is going to be shocked."

4/16/2013 |
Porter recalls first career homer with A'sAstros manager Bo Porter, who played with the A's in 2000, hit his first career home run wearing an Oakland uniform. "I only remember it was in Tampa Bay and went over the left-center-field fence," he said. "That was a great team, with Jason Giambi the emotional leader in the locker room."

4/16/2013 |
A's edge Astros late for AL-leading 11th victoryJosh Donaldson's triple -- the club's record-tying third three-bagger of the night -- in the eighth inning gave the A's a 4-3 victory over the Astros on Tuesday night at the Coliseum. It was Oakland's second straight win and fifth overall in as many tries against Houston this season.

4/16/2013 |
Boston tragedy hits close to home for Epstein, HoyerTheo Epstein was in meetings Monday with the Cubs' scouting staff, discussing the upcoming First-Year Player Draft, when he got a phone call from his twin brother, Paul, to say that he'd finished running the Boston Marathon.

4/16/2013 |
Brewers have options for Saturday's startThe Brewers have yet to name a probable pitcher for Saturday's game against the Cubs, when they need a fifth starter for the first time since Mike Fiers struggled against the D-backs on April 6. It could be Fiers again, manager Ron Roenicke said, or a Triple-A callup.

4/16/2013 |
Broken hand sends Hill to DL; Didi activatedThe D-backs placed second baseman Aaron Hill on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a surface fracture of his left hand that is expected to keep him out of action for four to six weeks.

4/16/2013 |
McCann's rehab complicated by wrist issueBrian McCann's rehabilitation from shoulder surgery and eventual return to the Braves was complicated somewhat this week when he returned to Atlanta to have his right wrist examined because of tenderness.

4/16/2013 |
Heyward remembers Jackie as a role modelThe movie "42," the recently released Hollywood version of Jackie Robinson's story, resonates with Braves right fielder Jason Heyward.
What is especially significant for Heyward is that Robinson understood what it meant to be a role model.

4/16/2013 |
Like all Bostonians, Red Sox trying to copeThis game is played every day from April through October, so we lean on it often, ask it to be something stable and steady in a world that is too often the opposite. The Red Sox are a good team, a likeable team. Boston's team. And in these unsettling hours, as we all ask ourselves those unanswerable questions, they've got a lot of people pulling for them.